Reclaiming the Commons : Community Farms and Forests in a New England Town
, by Brian Donahue; Foreword by Wes Jackson- ISBN: 9780300089127 | 0300089120
- Cover: Trade Paper
- Copyright: 3/11/2001
This book is a lively account of a community working to combat suburban sprawl and discover how to live responsibly on the land. A founder of the Land's Sake community farm in Weston, Massachusetts, Brian Donahue describes the joys and sorrows of farming in the suburbs. He calls for every community to protect its common land, establish community farms, and engaged citizens with the land on which they live.